By Mai Nhat  June 20, 2023 | 03:44pm GMT+7 Contestants at the Miss Global Success Business in May 2023. Photo courtesy of Miss Global Success Business The organizer of Miss Global Success Business has been fined VND55 million (US$2,350) for holding the event without permission from authorities. The representative of the Department of Culture and Sports of HCMC said that an administrative fine was imposed on the organizer Oriental Secret Investment and Entertainment JSC, as the unit organized beauty contest without approval documents.The contest held an audition in March, opened for votes on Facebook in April, and took place in…
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“It makes holes in your body, your skin,” said the 45-year-old, whose wounds on his legs and arms signify he may have unknowingly injected the animal sedative, officially named xylazine and commonly called the “zombie drug.”The tranquillizer, approved for veterinary use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has infiltrated the illegal drug market in the United States, with producers increasingly using it to augment fentanyl.Overdose deaths where tranq was detected have soared in recent years and in April the White House designated the drug an “emerging threat.””It eats up your flesh, like a crocodile,” Martin, who did not…
By AFP  June 20, 2023 | 02:13pm GMT+7 The logo of Alibaba Group is seen at its office in Beijing, China Jan. 5, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Thomas Peter Chinese tech giant Alibaba said Tuesday it will replace its top boss in a surprise move at the e-commerce titan as it looks to recover from years of slow growth caused weak consumer spending and a crackdown by authorities. The move comes as the market leader prepares to undergo a fundamental reorganization of its sprawling business operations, which span cloud computing, e-commerce, logistics, media and entertainment, and artificial intelligence.Tuesday’s announcement will see…
The multibillion-dollar deal for single-aisle planes – the largest ever by number of aircraft – confirmed a Reuters report earlier this month, and eclipsed Air India’s provisional purchase of 470 Airbus and Boeing jets earlier this year.The world’s largest air show, which alternates with Farnborough in Britain, is at Le Bourget for the first time in four years after the 2021 edition fell victim to the pandemic.French President Emmanuel Macron flew in to the packed aerospace bazaar by helicopter and watched a flying demonstration including Airbus’s latest jet development, the A321XLR, and air power including the French Rafale fighter.On the…
My first relationship after graduation was with someone five years older than me, who was also my boss and pursued me first. At first, he said he didn’t want to make it public because we met in the workplace, and I naively believed him.Later on, I discovered that he was a player and was dating two people at the same time. I was deeply hurt, but after a long period of self-torture, I gathered enough strength and left him. After that, I didn’t date anyone for over two years. When he invited me to his wedding, I was sad and…
By Nguyen Chi  June 20, 2023 | 10:15 am GMT+7 Big Bang member Taeyang and SNSD member Hyoyeon had Vietnamese pancakes at Ba Duong store, while many other South Korean celebrities strolled around Hoi An Ancient Town. K-pop fans were excited after seeing Big Bang member Taeyang upload a photo of himself at a pho restaurant in the coastal city of Da Nang, Vietnam, on Sunday. In the accompanying caption, the South Korean singer wrote in Vietnamese: “Cam on.”He was in Vietnam to perform at a music festival in Hoi An Ancient Town on Saturday. After the festival, instead of…
A team of international scientists has found that ice loss in the region, home to the famous peaks of Everest and K2, is speeding up. During the 2010s, the glaciers shed ice as much as 65% faster than they had in the preceding decade, according to the assessment by the Kathmandu-based International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), an intergovernmental scientific authority on the region.”We’re losing the glaciers, and we’re losing them in 100 years’ time,” said Philippus Wester, an environmental scientist and ICIMOD fellow who was the lead author of the report.The Hindu Kush Himalaya stretches 3,500 km (2,175…
By Tan Cao  June 20, 2023 | 09:37am GMT+7 Caterina Di Fuccia opened Vietnamese designer Hoang Hai’s show in Venice, alongside Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H’Hen Nie in Vietnamese traditional costume. The show took place on Friday at a hotel in Venice, Italy, with over 150 guests attending. Di Fuccia (R) and H’Hen Nie open Hai’s fashion show. Photo from H’Hen Nie’s Facebook The Italian beauty queen donned an ao dai made from velvet, with embroidered patterns of Hanoi’s iconic Turtle Tower and Sword Lake, known as Thap Rua and Hoan Kiem Lake, respectively.Di Fuccia said she was excited as…
By Reuters  June 20, 2023 | 06:33am GMT+7 Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat arrives with coalition party leaders ahead of a press conference following a meeting with coalition partners in Bangkok, Thailand, May 18, 2023. Photo by Reuters Thailand’s poll body certified the results of last month’s election on Monday, paving the way for the first session of parliament in the next few weeks ahead of the formation of a new government. The election commission said it had endorsed the winners of all 500 seats of the lower house, which must convene within 15 days to elect a speaker,…
The US Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four passengers on board and that the vessel had the capacity to be submerged for 96 hours, but it was unclear whether it was still underwater or had surfaced and was unable to communicate.US and Canadian ships and planes have swarmed the area about 900 miles (1,450 km) east of Cape Cod, some dropping sonar buoys that can monitor to a depth of 13,000 feet (3,962 meters), US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger told reporters on Monday.”It is a remote area and it is a challenge to conduct a…